Wild Tag

Cheryl Strayed & Elizabeth Gilbert…Whoa-as-me but Winning Writers

Tonight we talk "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed. Yes, it's LOL's first meeting of our second season, chez moi! I'm so looking forward to seeing most of the Ladies on Literature and to discussing this well written memoir. Overall I enjoyed it. But like a number...

What I know for Sure about “Wild”

As the Ladies on Literature prepare to meet at my place this week to discuss our opening book, Wild, I find myself almost sad to be closing out this book--and particularly the blog--about it. Why, you ask? Is it because this book is so phenomenal I...

Cheryl Strayed: Smart Writer; Stupid Hiker?

Even in the prologue to Wild, Cheryl Strayed adopts a somewhat cavalier attitude to embarking upon an epic journey: "A woman who walks alone in the wilderness for eleven hundred miles? I'd never been anything like that before. I had nothing to lose by giving...

Wild about Wild

It's not easy making a choice for book club. Of course we all want to make a selection that will be a brilliant read, highly entertaining, and most of all, make for excellent discussion. With so many superb books out there, the choices are endless...